BBO Maths Hub Newsletter 10 - 8 July 2016 by Wycombe High School

Summer Term 2016 Newsletter 10 8 July 2016 Newsletter 10 - 8 July 2016 As we rapidly approach the end of term, please do take the time to read about what we still have on offer this term and early next. We are awaiting approval of our plans for 2016-17 and will run many of our popular events again. You can expect to see more on mastery at primary and secondary level, new workgroups on Maths for SEN students and Early Years, together with a big focus on supporting you in raising participation at level 3 maths (the participation rate in your school will be reported on from 2017), to name just a few of our projects. We are also planning to run more events in Berkshire and Oxfordshire. I know some of you are moving to new schools in September, please do remember to let us know your new email so we can keep in touch. As always, please do forward this to any of your colleagues and ask them to contact us so they can receive their own copy. Primary Mathematics Teaching for Mastery Specialists Programme We are delighted to announce the successful applicants for the second cohort in this programme, they are: Jennie Forde - Botwell House Catholic Primary School, Hayes, Middx Tina Harvey - Holmer Green Junior School, High Wycombe, Bucks Angela Hughes - Hawridge and Cholesbury School, Chesham, Bucks Robert Johnson - Hawkedon Primary School, Lower Earley, Reading, Berks Tim Nixon - St. Andrew’s C.E. Primary School, Chinnor, Oxfordshire

A further fifteen schools across our region have been successful in their application to join one of the three existing mastery teacher research groups. There will be opportunities for more schools to work with our new mastery specialists next year. Teacher Subject Specialism Training (TSST) FREE opportunity Please read and forward this flyer: https://issuu.com/wycombehighsch/docs/teacher_subject_specialism_training to your Headteacher and members of your staff who are not specialist teachers. This is a fully funded opportunity for non-specialist teachers who want to train to teach maths at KS3 and 4. It is essential that you have a highly trained maths team if you are to secure the best possible outcomes for your students at GCSE. Do not overlook those who have been teaching maths for years without subject pedagogical training. We have a launch event planned for 15 September – Save the date! We are one of three schools across our hub region who have received the funding to run this programme, the others are in Reading and Oxford. Opportunity for NCETM Secondary PD Leads We are delighted to have employed Jude Stratton, Associate Lecturer from Oxford Brookes University as Programme Lead for the TSST course (details above). If you would like to work with Jude in leading or supporting one of these sessions please email jbrown@whs.bucks.sch.uk for further information. Funding is available. Primary Maths Specialist Teacher (MaST) FREE Taster Event— 4.15-5.15pm, Weds 13 July at Wycombe High School This is a FREE taster event for teachers and Head Teachers to find out more about the Primary Maths Specialist Teacher Programme (MaST) – which will be available to BBO Maths Hub teachers, subject to viable numbers. The Maths Specialist Teacher programme is a part-time two year Masters level course (worth 60 CAT points) specially designed for enthusiastic teachers and maths subject leaders who both want to extend further their own effective practice , and build capacity across their schools, to strengthen maths opportunities and outcomes for learners. Participants attend two residential weekends each year which are led by a team of university lecturers from Northampton University, and six half days per year as local network meetings to build on the 'Big Ideas' from the residentials. The course aims to deepen participants’ mathematics subject knowledge, explore effective teaching approaches for primary mathematics and develop the necessary skills for supporting other colleagues in primary mathematics. Throughout the programme you will receive continuous ‘cutting edge’ CPD , plus many ideas and activities to use back at school ,whilst developing your coaching and mentoring skills. To book a place please e-mail mathscourses@whs.bucks.sch.uk by midday on Tuesday 12 July.

Join the BBO Maths Hub at http://www.mathshubs.org.uk Follow us on Twitter @BBOMathsHub Maths Hub Lead - Julia Brown at JBrown@whs.bucks.sch.uk Maths Hub Administrator - Victoria Plunket at VPlunket-checkemian@whs.bucks.sch.uk

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ANOTHER DATE FOR YOUR DIARY Local Leaders of Maths Education – Conference 23 September, Holborn Bars, London This is a collaborative event organised by the BBO Maths and Central Maths Hubs and is aimed at Local Leaders of Maths Education who might be Maths CPD providers, SLEs, NCETM PD Leads, Maths Hub Workgroup leads or any other professionals who support mathematics education beyond their own schools. A similar event was held in the Midlands earlier in the year with the same key speakers. This proved to be very popular so you will need to book quickly to secure a place. Details of the programme for the day can be found at https://issuu.com/wycombehighsch/docs/llme_agenda

Boss of the South is back for 2016! The Surrey Plus Maths Hub, in partnership with Mangahigh, would like to invite you to join our free Boss of the South maths competition running 11th July to 19th July. This week long event will see primary and secondary schools from across the South of England go head to head in order to be crowned the 'Boss of the South' and win some great prizes. If you're a reader outside of the South, please note that there is also a 'Boss of the North' competition.

With maths exams and SATs completed, now is an ideal time to take part. Your students will play online maths games to score points and win prizes. This year we will award a secondary Boss of the South and a primary Boss of the South. This follows feedback about how we could recognise that primaries have smaller numbers of competitors. We want to help you highlight how maths can be fun, and this competition is a great way to do that. Some key points about the competition include: Register here http://competition.mangahigh.com/bossofthesouth you can also access further information here. If you want to check if you will fall within the North category, or register for the Boss of the South, please check at: http://competition.mangahigh.com/boss  Access to the software is completely free of charge for the duration of the competition. There is no obligation to buy software or contact Mangahigh to cancel the subscription at the end.  Win lots of prizes - with a structure that gives all schools a fair chance, regardless of size. You will also be able to play against other schools in mini-battles and the top scoring individuals will also win prizes.

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Free training on the software is also available if required.

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A great way to bring your whole school community together at the end of the year - with the added bonus that they will be accelerating their maths skills. Last year over 16,000 students had fun with maths - don't miss out!

We would like to wish you a very enjoyable and well-deserved summer holiday and look forward to working with you again next year.

Julia Brown Maths Lead, BBO Maths Hub

Please do forward this newsletter to any colleagues who may not be receiving it. They can register with the hub and be kept informed of all our events and opportunities by e-mailing mathscourses@whs.bucks.sch.uk .